TestedApp.Close doesn't close the application

[Oferv]

Hi,



when trying to close the AUT using the following method http://smartbear.com/support/viewarticle/12380/ th application doesn't close.

anyone know why?



Thanks

[tristaanogre]

I tried the following: 

function meh()

{

    var MyApp = TestedApps.NOTEPAD.Run()

    Delay(1000)

    MyApp.Close()

}

Worked just fine.  How are you implementing? Could you post the code you're using?  Are you getting any errors?

[Oferv]

Hi Robert,



that doesn't work.any other ideas?



thanks

[tristaanogre]

As I said, that worked fine for me.. I'm running TestComplete 8.60 and there are no problems.



So, the question is still, how have you implemented this concept?  Please post your code.. include any information such as the kind of application you're testing (web, desktop, etc) and any error messages you're getting.  



See, I say it works, you say it doesn't, somewhere there's something wrong.  If you can post your code with that information, we can figure out, from there, what's going wrong.



I've also done the following:

function meh()

{

    var MyApp = TestedApps.NOTEPAD.Run() //Notepad has a count value of 3

    Delay(1000)

    MyApp.Close()

    TestedApps.NOTEPAD.Close();

}

This closes all three... however, the last line DOES generate a warning saying it couldn't find one instance...but that is expected since I closed one of the three individually.



So... the methodology from the help article is working using the simple "NOTEPAD" example as given... so, the problem is probably within the application you're using or how you're implementing it.

[Oferv]

Sure Got you,

the AUT is a desktop application



here is the code:



main unit:


//USEUNIT InvokeAUT

//USEUNIT CloseAUT





function Main()

{

InvokeAUT["Invoke"]()

CloseAUT["Close"]()

}





InvokeAUT unit:


//USEUNIT CloseAUT





function InvokeAUT()

{

if(Aliases["AUTDesktopMainWindow"]["Exists"]) 

  CloseAUT["CloseAUT"]()

//Loading the AUT

TestedApps["AUTDesktop"]["Run"]()

//Check that the AUT loaded properly

if(Aliases["AUTDesktopMainWindow"]["Exists"])

  {

  Log["Message"]("AUT was loaded properly")

  return

  }

else

  Log["Warning"]("AUT wasn't load properly,script aborted")  

}






function CloseAUT()

{

TestedApps["AUTDesktop"]["Close"]()

//Check that the AUTclosed properly

if(!Aliases["AUTDesktopMainWindow"]["Exists"])  

  Log["Message"]("AUT was closed properly")  

else

  {

  Log["Warning"]("AUT wasn't closed properly,script aborted")

  return 

  }

}

[tristaanogre]

I replaced the AUT stuff with the windows calculator... works fine. 



Is your application running when you run the invoke?  Is the process present in memory?  Do you have more than one copy present in memory?  Are you getting error messages?  

[Oferv]

answers to your questions:



Yes, although it takes around 10 seconds for it to invoke

Yes

No

I'm getting warning message in the Test Log file:


Type Message Time Priority Has Picture Link

The application "C:\Program Files (x86)\xxx\AUT\AUTDesktop.exe" got a command to close, but it is still running, though the default timeout has expired. 16:02:03 Higher



Thanks

[Oferv]

Hi Robert,



it's not nice to say but when i restarted TC it seems to work fine.weird isn't it

can you think of something that can cause that?



thanks for the help 🙂 appreciate it

[tristaanogre]

When you normally close your application, does it take a long time for it to actually complete the close process?  Is there user interaction necessary on close?



The problem at this point seems to be related to how your application processes the close command or, even, what it's doing at start up.  It could be that when you are trying to close it, you're not waiting long enough to let it complete the startup process.  Try putting something like a Delay(60000) between the Invoke and Close to see if, after you wait a while, the close command works.

[itvrdeich]

When I close my own tested application, it closes the program but the process is still running. I believe Test Complete holds a handle on it and thats why the process doesnt end.

I force quit my program from task manager and windows error reporting reports that there was an appcrash.

I believe that you guys are using hooks in Test Complete and that the library called tcuihook.dll could be the culprit.

Pretty problematic at my workplace.